EDT 673 Leadership LiteracyInstruction

The course, Leadership of Literacy Instruction, aims to guide strategically positioned practitioners in transforming literacy practices in the school in which they work. Participants learn and apply principles and procedures for selecting teams of competent professionals to direct a school?s literacy and academic program; for conditioning the school environment so the necessary supports are available for literacy improvement; for establishing a core set of beliefs on which schools can build a vision of successful literacy education; for establishing a sustainable professional development system to undergird and support a school?s programs; for building and sustaining a comprehensive , data-based literacy instructional and assessment system; for monitoring, assessing and advocating for improvements in program delivery.